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"Hard work being in love, eh? Especially when you don't know which girl it is."

It was a film without much of a plot, set in a little Scottish town where youths seemingly roamed around freely without a care in the world. Unless you were an awkward teenager by the name of Gregory, of course.

Bill Forsyth's cute 1981 comedy became a surprise hit around the world, and has now been given a makeover in a DVD and Blu-ray re-release. So, after 33 years, does the film still resonate today?

The thing about Gregory's Girl that still resonates, is that not much happens. Compared to high school comedies of the past decade or so, where it's all risqué shenanigans and slapstick situations, this film is relaxed and easy-going, just like John Gordon Sinclair's Gregory himself.

Gregory's Girl's re-release is something us dedicated fans will hugely appreciate - are you proud that the film still has a loyal cult following of fans to this day?

"It an incredible thing, I've been talking about it a lot recently, in fact it's something I talk about all the time in life. I can barely walk into a room anywhere in the world, and there's always someone in that room who

Thirty years after it won hearts the world over, the cast of Bill Forsyth's classic teen romance come together for an emotional anniversary screening

It was the kind of fanatical reception that they all assumed would be forever reserved for "real" movie stars. But last Sunday, 30 years after the quiet man they used to call "Bill the van driver" directed them together in a tiny low-budget Scottish film about a schoolboy's unrequited first love, the cast of Gregory's Girl walked up the red carpet to a sea of jostling TV cameras, flashing paparazzi bulbs and thrusting autograph hunters at the anniversary screening of what has become one of the most loved British films of all time.

The enduring allure of the film that catapulted Bill Forsyth into the British film industry elite has surprised no one so much as its stars, most of whom were in their teens when they made it.

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